Cairo vs Whigham

A side-by-side comparison of Cairo and Whigham: population, income, housing, and more.

Cairo and Whigham are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cairo has the higher population (10,067 vs 539 in Whigham). Whigham has the higher median household income ($60,208 vs $40,496 in Cairo). Whigham has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $114,300 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Whigham
Population	10,067	539
Median age	35.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,496	$60,208
Median home value	$114,300	$144,200
Median gross rent	$728	$856
Housing units	4,187	232
Homeownership rate	48.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Whigham
Population	9,446 → 10,067 (+6.6%)	541 → 539 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$33,418 → $40,496 (+21.2%)	$37,431 → $60,208 (+60.9%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $114,300 (-1.6%)	$58,900 → $144,200 (+144.8%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $728 (-7.5%)	$721 → $856 (+18.7%)

Cairo

Population

9,44610,067

Median household income

$33,418$40,496

Median home value

$116,200$114,300

Median gross rent

$787$728

Whigham

Population

541539

Median household income

$37,431$60,208

Median home value

$58,900$144,200

Median gross rent

$721$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Whigham
Under 5	5.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	19.7%
75 and over	7.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Whigham
White (non-Hispanic)	40.3%	67.7%
Black or African American	44.9%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Whigham
No high school diploma	21.7%	17.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Whigham
Drove alone	81.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	17.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Whigham
1-unit, detached	65.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Whigham
Poverty rate	27.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1984	1981